HO ICC Caboose w/Lights, ATSF #999785

Detailed Information

The ultimate detail with the best Genesis features.

International Car Co. began specializing in caboose production as early as 1941. When the railroads entered the 1960s, many needed to replace their aging, in some cases home shop built, cabooses. International Car responded with a product that could be tailored to each railroads specific needs. Using quality components and modern engineering, ICC became a leading name within the industry.

Sharing ICC's commitment to quality and modern techniques, Athearn has not only recreated these iconic cars, but reinvented the quintessential features a Genesis caboose should have.

DCC lighting as a base standard with the option for sound will add a whole new dimension to operating sessions. Protect reverse moves and simulate train brakes, begins to scratch the surface to the new dimension of realism.

Better than brass detail™

Brand new tooling with many roads first time offered in plastic

DCC LED lighting with the option of Sound by Soundtraxx

Railroad specific detail and road number specific detail

ATSF FEATURES:

Brand NEW ICC ATSF CE-8 or CE-11 Style body

Illuminated marker lights

999801 features white cupola, denoting transfer service

Window wipers on the cupola

Cushion underframe

Roller bearing caboose trucks with accurate axle generator

Firecracker antenna

Overhanging, X-Panel roof

B&O FEATURES:

Brand NEW ICC B&O Style body

Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

Overhanging, diagonal-panel roof with or without blank panel for smoke jack per prototype

Etched window screens

Toilet Drain

Ash pans

Reflectors on end cages

Early style axle-driven generator

B&O CHESSIE FEATURES:

Brand NEW ICC B&O Style body

Caboose trucks with roller bearing caps

Illuminated marker lights, where appropriate

Overhanging, diagonal-panel roof with or without blank panel at smoke jack per prototype

Overhanging, x-panel roof for the B&O Chessie caboose

Angled window screens

Toilet Drain

Reflectors on end cages

Ash pans

Early style axle-driven generator

Chessie C-3930

features unique safety logo

White tracks on a black background

Chessie C-3774

“Chartreuse Caboose”

Unique safety slogan and Chartreuse Green and Silver Paint

SP/SSW FEATURES:

C-50-5 body. First time in service version with ACI plate/COTS panel

First time single roof-mounted marker lights on Southern Pacific models

Improved Southern Pacific herald lettering font

Single roof-mounted marker light on Cotton Belt models

Accurate roof antenna and smoke jack

SP C-50-5 bay window cabooses are survivors. Built in 1974, these cabooses received a few modifications in the late 1970s while they saw service on the SP. These cars represent one of the few surviving classes that can be spotted to this day. SP #1971 currently survives on the modern NWP in Northern California.

ICC CABOOSE FEATURES:

Better than brass detail™ including roadname and road number specific detail Laser-Sharp Painting and Printing

PROTOTYPE INFO:

Perhaps one of the most recognizable icons of American railroading, the caboose completed the train. Cabooses provided shelter for the rear end crew. From the cupola or bay windows, the crew could keep a lookout for shifting loads, damaged equipment, and overheating axles. This was long required for switching and shunting, and to keep a lookout for load shifting, damage to equipment and cargo, and overheating axles. As rail cars became larger in the late 1950s and early 1960s, there was a real need for cabooses to have greater visibility for the crew. In the extended-vision or wide-vision caboose, the sides of the cupola project beyond the side of the car body. This model was introduced by the International Car Company and saw service on most U.S. railroads. The expanded cupola allowed the crew to see past the top of the taller cars that began to appear after World War II, and also increased the roominess of the cupola area.